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The dancers are known to blare old-school music from portable speakers, often taking over entire blocks in vibrant matching outfits. (Photo: Pixabay)

China tells aunties' to dance away from cemeteries

For many of China's 222 million elderly aged 60 and over, dancing in public has become key to staying fit.

15 Nov 2017 5:47 PM IST

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25 kids branded with hot iron in Odisha

People believe children will not suffer ailments if branded.

16 Jan 2018 6:15 AM IST

Police barricade in front of the house where 11 people died in Burari. (Photo: PTI)

Line of demarcation between faith and superstition is thin

The question is, how to distinguish faith from superstition or madness.

5 July 2018 6:43 AM IST

Many even suspect clinics as facilities to harvest organs from unsuspecting locals and send them to Europe for transplant (Photo: AFP)

Congo Ebola outbreak: Victims refuse treatment because of superstition...

Distrust towards western medicines fuelled by a history of colonisation is causing problems for health responders.

24 May 2018 4:07 PM IST

Its urgent to have a national breast cancer program in India, while at the local level, awareness needs to be raised about breast cancer. (Photo: Pixabay)

Indian rural women often late in seeking breast cancer care

It's urgent to have a national breast cancer program in India, while at the local level, awareness needs to be raised...

23 March 2018 1:32 PM IST

Chief Medical and Health Officer S L Ninama condemned the incident and said the people from the tribal area do not take proper medical facility and often fall prey to such practices. (Photo: ANI)

Rajasthan family burns 10-month-old baby with hot needle on neck,...

According to medical officials, the condition of the baby is critical and he is being treated at a hospital in Udaipur.

15 Jun 2018 7:45 PM IST

The boy needs to undergo surgery in Lucknow (Photo: YouTube)

Locals flock to see child born with 4 legs and 2 penises they describe...

Although parents and doctors were shocked when he was born, locals have been fascinated by the child.

18 Sept 2018 3:32 PM IST

When cornered by police, the man switched on the LPG supply and blew up the flat, injuring at least nine policemen who had arrived at the scene of the crime. (Photo: Representational Image)

Rajasthan woman branded witch, force fed faeces, beaten to death; 6...

The police registered a case under IPC, with charges of murder, and provisions of the Prevention of Witch-Hunting Act,...

14 Aug 2017 3:22 PM IST

According to reports, Bijay and his family were exiled from the village since 2013 for allegedly practising sorcery. (Representational image)

Villagers force family to eat human waste in Odisha

The police on Saturday arrested 15 persons in this connection and forwarded to the court.

9 July 2017 5:22 AM IST

The family says it started with a neighbour cutting a sacred tree (Photo: YouTube)

Kerala family calls their webbed fingers curse from god

Everyone in the family has webbed fingers and while it can be treated they are afraid it will bring bad omen.

17 May 2017 8:26 PM IST

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Odisha: 2 minors fall prey to superstition, branded with hot iron

A shocking incident of superstition has come to light in Odisha where children are branded with hot iron as a means of...

31 July 2017 7:54 PM IST

Her tormentor, a former home guard, has been booked under POCSO Act (Photo: AFP)

Girl pierced with needles, used as voodoo doll dies in hospital

An autopsy conducted on the body revealed, besides infection in both of her lungs, the girl died because of multi-organ...

30 July 2017 6:28 PM IST